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The 2024 ASHA Convention is an annual professional development and networking event that has approximately 15,000 attendees. This convention is for audiologists, speech-language pathologists and speech, language, and hearing scientists. There will be multiple UNC faculty and students attending and presenting at the event in Seattle, Washington at the Seattle...

The Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences has welcomed three faculty members who bring unique expertise and innovative research to the SLP program. Carolyn Novaleski, Sallie Nowell, and Molly Beiting are poised to make significant contributions to their respective fields, enhancing the division’s commitment to advancing knowledge and practice in...

The Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences is pleased to highlight two alumni who received Distinguished Early Career Professional Certificates from ASHA. Congratulations, Jenna Duerr (AuD) and Hannah Folks (SLP) for being recognized for making an impact in leadership, volunteering and advocacy within your fields.

The following programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, are seeking re-accreditation by the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA): Clinical Doctorate in Audiology (AuD) Program Master’s (MS-SLP) in Speech-Language Pathology Program Programs scheduled for review are responsible for soliciting public...

On Friday, September 6, the Academy of Doctors of Audiology Student Business plan finalists presented their business plans at the AuDacity 2024 conference in Grapevine, Texas. The Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences sent two teams this year. Fourth-year AuD students, Darla McDonald, Sydney Mingle and Gabriella Norton made it...

Carolyn Novaleski, PhD, CCC-SLP, Assistant Professor in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, has received an NIH K23 Career Development Award to support her project, “Identifying Predictors of Treatment Response to Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Interventions in Cough Hypersensitivity Syndrome.” The project will be funded by the NIH National Heart,...

Alexandra “Ali” McCormick is a new Audiology graduate and recipient of this year’s Outstanding Audiology Student Clinician Award from the Colorado Hearing Foundation. She shares about her path to pursue audiology, key takeaways from her time in the program and her favorite memory at Carolina. What made you decide to...

U.S. News & World Report released its 2024 rankings of top graduate programs, and the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences’ Doctor of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology programs ranked in the top 4 percent nationwide.   The Doctor of Audiology program jumped from a #5 ranking in 2020 to #3 in...

Nevaja Brown is a new Speech-Language Pathology graduate. She shares about her path to pursue speech-language pathology, key takeaways from her time in the program and her favorite memory at Carolina. What made you decide to pursue Speech-Language Pathology? As a first-generation college student, I had very limited knowledge on...

Danielle Nader, PhD, and Jennifer Stone, PhD, graduated in May 2024 with their PhD in Speech and Hearing Sciences. Below they share their paths to the program, areas of research focus and future goals. Danielle Nader, PhD What made you decide to pursue your PhD in this field? Prior to...